Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images News/Getty Images For the first time since implementing a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth last year, Texas is prosecuting a doctor for allegedly providing gender affirming care to 21 children. Despite such legislation going against the guidance of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Psychological Association (APA), and Endocrine...
TikTok Between all the appointments, blood work, and ultrasounds — to say nothing of the fact that your body feels completely different — in its worst moments, pregnancy can make you feel like a test subject. So it can make sense that some people, given the option of a test, would forgo yet another appointment...
Yagi-Studio/E+/Getty Images If the last few months of “once-in-a-lifetime” hurricanes have taught our country anything, it’s that you kind of have to be prepared for the worst, even when you least expect it. But when you know a big storm or weather event is coming, it’s easy to panic a little and get overwhelmed. What...
RgStudio/Getty Images Picture it: the Halloween candy aisle. You, excitedly stuffing your cart with the classics, depending on your specific flavor of sweet tooth. (Full-size Reese’s fans, come join me!) But then, outta nowhere, you’re stopped dead in your tracks by shelves lined with organic gummy bears or "guilt-free" low-calorie chocolate bars. You might wonder:...